Monument record MDR2304 - Eldon Vein and Portaway Mine, Old Moor, Peak Forest

Type and Period (3)

BELLAND YARD WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
LEAD MINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DAM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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None recorded

Full Description

Within Peak Forest is a partially walled belland yard. (1) Eldon Vein and Portaway Mine are located within a large area of high priority lead mining. At Portaway Mine nearly everything within the belland yard has been removed. There is a small belland yard and capped shafts on the small Eldon Vein and to the north west there is the dam of a large water storage pond. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDR12659 Personal Observation: Rieuwerts, J. 1990. Pers. Comm.. 1990.
<2> SDR19821 Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 2004. An Inventory of Regionally & Nationally Important Lead Mining Sites in the Peak District. Vol. 2: Corpus of Sites. No. 9, pp 16-19.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 1258 8096 (675m by 291m) (Centre)
Civil Parish	PEAK FOREST, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2015 11:18AM